Table E-14-1. Percentage of high school students (grades 9 through 12) who did homework outside of school, average hours per week spent on homework, frequency of doing homework, and percentage of students whose parents checked that homework was done, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007

Sex and race/ethnicity

Percent of students who did homework outside of school

Students who did homework outside of school

Average hours per week spent on homework

Frequency of doing homework

Percent of students whose parents1 checked that homework was done

Less than once per week

1 to 2 days per week

3 to 4 days per week

5 or more days per week

Total2

93.0

6.8

5.4

14.8

38.0

41.9

64.6

Sex

Male

91.2

6.0

7.4

18.4

38.2

36.0

67.8

Female

94.9

7.5

3.3

11.2

37.7

47.8

61.5

Race/ethnicity

White

94.5

6.8

4.2

12.9

38.6

44.3

57.2

Black

91.8

6.3

‡

20.1

41.0

29.7

83.1

Hispanic

90.7

6.4

5.9

17.7

36.6

39.8

75.5

Asian

93.6

10.3

#

13.8

!

18.5

!

67.7

59.0

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

American Indian/Alaska Native

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

Two or more races

86.7

7.2

‡

9.9

34.1

50.2

64.4

Race/ethnicity by sex

Male

White

92.3

6.2

6.1

16.9

38.6

38.3

61.3

Black

91.7

5.4

‡

21.1

41.9

24.1

85.8

Hispanic

89.7

5.6

7.2

21.6

37.1

34.1

74.2

Asian

89.0

8.0

#

‡

30.1

!

53.8

57.6

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

American Indian/Alaska Native

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

Two or more races

86.1

6.5

‡

10.6

!

31.7

47.4

65.8

Female

White

96.7

7.4

2.5

9.3

38.6

49.7

53.4

Black

91.9

7.5

‡

18.8

39.7

37.1

79.4

Hispanic

91.7

7.2

4.5

!

13.8

36.1

45.6

77.0

Asian

100.0

13.2

#

10.8

!

‡

85.2

60.8

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

American Indian/Alaska Native

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

‡

Two or more races

87.5

8.0

#

8.9

!

37.2

53.9

62.6

#Rounds to zero.

! Interpret with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. There are either too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.

1 Refers to one or more parent or other household adult.

2 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Data based on responses of the parent most knowledgeable about the student's education. Analysis excludes homeschooled students. Reporting standards for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students and American Indian/Alaska Native students were not met; therefore, data for these groups are not shown in the table. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2007.